Anglo-Saxon / Medival Age Test

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

A repetition of words throughout a story or sentences.

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

A pause in a story for dramatic effect.

Question 3

Kenning

Answer 3

Is a two word description of something

Example: Shield = Hard Circle

Question 4

Beasts of Battle

Answer 4

Eagle
Hawk
Wolf
Raven

Question 5

Feudalism

Answer 5

A self sufficient community

Question 6

Crusades

Answer 6

The English trying to take the lands of the Middle East through six crusades.

Question 7

Hierarchy

Answer 7

Rank or order of importance

Question 8

The beginning and end of the Anglo-Saxon age? (Which was also the beginning of the medieval age)

Answer 8

449 to 1066

Question 9

Pilgrimage

Answer 9

A Pilgrims journey or a religious journey

Question 10

Ballads

Answer 10

Musical tales that were for the most part sung in correct context on what happened.

Question 11

Types of Chaucer Tales

Answer 11

Saints stories
Courtly Love
Beast Fable
Allegory

Question 12

Posse Comitatus

Answer 12

A band of brothers in a sense. A posse

Question 13

Wergeld

Answer 13

Man-Money Price

Question 14

Heroic Ideal

Answer 14

• A self sacrificing person
• Handsome
• Wise
• Royal Blood
• etc.

Question 15

Courtly Love know 2

Answer 15

1. Marriage is no real excuse for not loving

2. He who is not jealous cannot love

Question 16

Celts

Answer 16

The original people of the land

Question 17

Anglo-Saxon age was also referred to as?

Answer 17

The Dark Ages

Question 18

British literature included what countries?

Answer 18

England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland

Question 19

Carpe Diem

Answer 19

Seize the day (Yolo)

Question 20

Who were the Anglo-Saxons

Answer 20

The Anglo-Saxon

were dominant in the land, hints the word Angle-Land (England)

Question 21

Christianity to the Pagans

Answer 21

Christians tricked Pagans into believing in God

Question 22

Mead Hall

Answer 22

Where all the men would meet before and after a War or a Hunt

Question 23

Scop

Answer 23

Court singer, tribal historian, genealogist, teacher, composer, critic, warrior, traveler, and reporter.

Question 24

Literary styles of Anglo Saxons

Answer 24

-Allegory
-Debates
-Drama
-Ballad
All Subjects dealt with valor, honor, and ones lord.

Question 25

Two main Tribes?

Answer 25

• Anglos-Saxon

- Normans

Question 26

Hadrian’s wall

Answer 26

Hadrian’s wall

Question 27

Medieval Play Styles

Answer 27

3 m’s
Mystery
Miracle
Morality

Question 28

Name 4 rules of Courtly love?

Answer 28

• Marriage is no real excuse for not loving
• He who is jealous can not love.
• No one can be bound by a double love.
• A new love puts flight to a old one.
• When made public, love hardly indures.

Question 29

The 3 Main M’s (Medieval Play Styles)

Answer 29

• Miracle
• Mystery
• Morality

Question 30

Wyrd

Answer 30

Fate or Personal Destiny